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High prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity among people who injected drugs: results of the first bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling in two urban areas in Mozambique

BACKGROUND: Few countries in sub-Saharan Africa know the magnitude of their HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID). This was the first study in Mozambique to measure prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV, and to assess demographic characteristics and risk behaviors in this key population. METHO...

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Autores principales: Semá Baltazar, Cynthia, Horth, Roberta, Boothe, Makini, Sathane, Isabel, Young, Peter, Chitsondzo Langa, Denise, Condula, Manuel, Ricardo, Helena, Dengo Baloi, Liliana, Cummings, Beverley, Schaad, Nicolas, Gouveia, Lídia, Teodoro, Eugénia, Raymond, Henry F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4655-2